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07-13-2009, 02:49 AM
oliverbox
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About Tiger Force in Vietnam, I'll just say this: It was war, and they were good at it. I know, I know. That isn't very politically correct. I know wearing human ears around one's neck seems grotesque and extreme, but those guys were amazingly good at thier job, and it's not a job that a lot of people were signing up to go do. Certainly bad things happened over there 40 years ago... but who knows what I would have done had I been in there place. I imagine a few tours in 'nam would be enough to warp anyone's sense of reality and judgement.
I know, I seem like a crazy man for defending the original Tiger Force. But I just can't stand in judgement of events that took place so long ago, and so far away... good, patriotic Americans who took their duty seriously and were good at their jobs.
Vietnam was ugly. Parts of it were terrible. Maybe we should have never been there... but I think the reason we ultimately had to withdraw without a victory is because the American people/government were unwilling to do all that was necessary to win over there against an enemy without a sense of decency. Tiger Force simply played by a set of rules that were intended to beat the VC at their own game, and they were good at it.
I can't condone killing Vietnamese civilians, then again, I don't much care for American servicemen getting killed either... in fact, I would say that bothers me a heck of a lot more. Quite simply, American lives are worth more to me than the lives of people from other countries. Because those American servicemen weren't mercs or professional soldiers, they were poor boys who got drafted, just waiting to go home and trying to live through their tours.
That's just my two cents.
Aside from that, I always thought the Joe Tiger Force was awesome... sure the colors were crazy, but I was like 8: it worked like a charm!
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